Billiard table



June 12, 1928. 1,672,891

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I r ATTORNEY Patented June 12, 1928.

UNITED STATES MARK 3mm, or DE'rnorr, MIoHIeAr'I;

IBILLIARD TABLE.

Application filed September 23, 1927. Serial No. 221,426.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a billiard. table and particularly a billiard table having pockets pro vided so that the game of pool may be played thereon.

The invention relates particularly to a track upon which the balls may roll to a predetermined part of the table after being deposited in the pocket, and has for its object the provision of a device ofthis class which will be simple in structure, economical of manufacture and highly efficient in use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a simple and easily constructed device which may be mounted on the table as an attachment without requiring the alteration of the billiard table to any great extent. Another object of the invention is the provision of anovel and effective means of holding the guide tracks together and se curing the pocket fabric thereon.

Other ob ects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists of the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by a reference to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification and in which,

9 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a billiard table showing the invention applied.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary bot-tom plan view of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of a corner of the table showing the invention applied. In the drawing I have illustrated the conventional billiard table 7 having supporting legs 8 and provided with the side rails 9 extending around the table or plain surface 10. The pockets are formed in the table in the conventional manner and depending at each pocket is a fabric woven guard 11.

Projecting outwardly from the sides of the table are brackets 12, which serve to support and retain together spaced strips 13 of molding which serve as a bracket for the balls 16 to roll upon, this molding being inclined from. the rear to the forward part of the table so that it extends along the table beneath each of the pockets.

At the end of the molding the fabric 11' is brought around the end ofthe strips of molding 13 and securely fastened thereon by means of a leather strip 14. At the intermediate pocket the fabric guard portion 11" is secured to the outer surface of the outer molding rail 13 by means of the leather strip 15, so that the balls 16 striking the guard 11" will be directed on to the strips 13 of molding.

At the corner pockets the guard fabric 11 is secured around the outer surface of the outer strip of molding 13 by means of the leather strip 17 whichis nailed or otherwise suitably secured to the molding. The molding strips pass around the forward side 18 of the table and are interrupted, the small sections 19 and 20 being each hingedly connccted to the aligning strips of molding so as to be permitted, when desired, to swing into the dottedposition shown in Fig. 1. A latch 21 is secured to the undersurface of the sections 19 and 20 and adapted to engage a bar 22 secured to the end strip of the aligning sections of the molding so that the sections 19 and 20 may be released to swing into vertical position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, when desired,to precipitate the balls on the track into a basket or other receptacle.

I am aware that various devices have been produced for conveying the balls from the pockets of the table to a predetermined position, and preferably at the front end thereof, but the present invention is designed primarily as an attachment for tables of con 'ventional structure, and because of its simplicity in structure may be easily and quickly attached thereto without requiring a remodeling of the table.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of my invention, Ido not wish to limit myself to the precise details of structure shown but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended. claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new. and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the class described adapted for use with a billiard table, comprising: a pair of spaced strips of molding extending along the sides of said table beneath the pockets thereof inclined downwardly toward one end; brackets projecting outwardly from the sides of said table and engaging the under- I surface of said strips for supporting the same thereon; means for securing the pocket guards on the outer surface of the outer strip; a section in each of said strips of molding in alignment with each other; means for hingedly connecting each of said sections at one end to the strip of molding of which it forms a section; and latch means for retaining said sections in position aligned with the rest of said molding.

In testimony whereof I have signed the foregoing specification.

MARK KIRIN. 

